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(No Model.)

1. SMITH. 000mm}, TOASTING, AND SHIELDING DEVICE FOR STOVES.

No. 447,373. Patented Mar. 3', 1891.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

IDA SMITH, OF VEST UNION, IOlVA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,373, dated March 3, 1891. Application filed October 31,1890. Serial No. 369,988. (No model.)

1 9 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IDA SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at West Union, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Combined Adjustable Cooking, Toasting, and Shielding Device for Stoves or Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide a device adapted to be placed either in front of a stove or range or on the top thereof, which shall combine the functions of a toasting-rack, ameans of keeping cooked materials warm, a shield against the heat and fumes of cooked food, as well as to prevent the splashing of the grease, and which shall also be useful in cooking many different articles of food.

My invention consists in a vertical frame having feet upon which said frame rests consisting of upright pieces connected at their upper ends by means of a cross-piece, arms extending from said uprights, adj ustably mounted thereon, and carrying and holding at their outer ends a toasting-rack, which may be removed from said arms when desired, a base-plate suspended by wires from the crosspiece, being held thereon by hooks, and thus removable, and a shielding-plate having a loop secured thereto which engages over a hook depending from the cross-piece of the frame, holding the shielding-plate at its upper portion, its lower portion resting against the edge of the base-plate, the upperedge of the said shielding-plate resting against a projection from the cross-piece.

For a more full and detailed description of my invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my complete device, the various parts being adjusted. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

A A designate two upright standards, having formed integrally therewith the supporting legs 13 B.

O is a cross-piece joined at each of its ends to the uprights AA and having the upwardly-projecting frame D'and also the hook E depending therefrom.

H is a base-plate suspended from the cross piece 0 by the wires h h, havingat their up per ends the hooks h h engaging over the cross-piece O.

J is a shielding-plate having a swinging loopj secured to the upper portion of one of its faces, being held in position by the adjustment of the loop j Over the hook E, its upper edge resting against the projecting frame D and its lower portion resting against the rear edge of the plate H.

K K are projecting arms adjustably held on the uprights A A by means of the setscrews 7a 7a.

The outer ends of the arms are perforated to receive the wires of the frame L, which pass through the eyes of the toasting-rack M.

N is a cross-bar connecting the two arms K K.

It is now apparent that the device may be used in front of astove to toast bread or other material; the plate J serving to shield from the heat, and that articles may be placed upon the base-plate H to be kept warm, the plate J also serving to prevent spattering of grease.

The toasting-rack M, by means of the setscrews and adjustable arms, may be raised or lowered as desired. It is also apparent that the device may be readily placed uponthe top of the stove or range and employed to cook puddings and other articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A combined cooking, toasting, and shielding attachment for stoves. orranges, consisting of a supporting-frame, a toasting-rack adjustably held to said frame, a base-plate removably held to the frame, togetherjwith a shielding-plate removably attached to the frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A combinedtoasting, cooking, and shieldin g attachment for stoves, consisting of a baseplate and means for suspending the same from avertical frame, a shielding-plate detachably held to said frame, and a toasting-rack removably held to said frame by means of arms adj ustably mounted on the vertical pieces of said frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, in a toasting, cooking,

and shielding device to be used in conjunction with stoves or ranges, of a vertical frame consisting of upright pieces and a cross-piece connected to said upright at their upper ends, a base-plate supported from said cross-piece by wires and hooks, a shielding-plate detach- I-OO ably held to said cross-piece by a hook on the cross-piece and a loop on the plate, together with arms adjustably mounted on the up right pieces, detachably holding a toastingrack, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, in a device for toast" ing, cooking, and shielding, for use in conjunction with stoves and ranges, of a frame consisting of upright pieces having adjustable arms mounted thereon, extending arms holding a frame removably therein, which latter holds a toasting-rack, a cross-piece connecting together the two upper ends of the upright pieces, a base-plate removablysu pported from the cross-piece by means of wires and hooks, and a shielding-plate also removably held to said cross-piece by means of a hook and loop, said shielding-plate resting at its upper portion on an extension-frame from the cross-piece, its lower portion restingon one of the edges of the base-plate, as and for the purposes set forth.

IDA SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

ADDIE F. WALL, JENNIE DE SART. 

